Cervical Screening Saves Lives

freuds has been working with PHE on launching the first ever national cervical screening campaign, ‘Cervical Screening Saves Lives’, to encourage all women aged 25-64 to attend their screening when invited.

Around 2,600 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in England each year and around 690 women die from the disease – that’s two women every day. But this needn’t be the case; it is estimated that if everyone attended screening regularly, 83% of cervical cancer cases could be prevented; however, attendance is at a 20-year low, with one in four women in the UK not attending their cervical screening.

The new ‘Cervical Screening Saves Lives’ campaign will raise awareness of the risks of cervical cancer and highlight the preventative benefits of screening; encouraging women to respond to their screening invitation letters, and if they missed previous invites, to book an appointment.